Cash-carrier



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A. & H. O. WAGGONER & L. H. ELLIOTT.

CASH CARRIER.

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A. 81; H. O. WAGG ONER & L. H. ELLIOTT.

CASH CARRIER.

Patented Feb. 13, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ALBERT WAGGONER, HARRY O. XVAGGONER, AND LEIGH HOLMES ELLIOTT, OFCOLUMBUS, OHIO.

CASH=CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,458, dated February18, 1890.

Application filed December 7,1888. $erial No. 292,922. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT WAGGONER, HARRY C. WAGGONER, and LEIGHHoLMEs ELLIOTT, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, inthe county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cash-Carriers; and we do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis 5 specification.

This invention relates to store-service apparatus, such as are designedfor the transmission of money and merchandise from one or more points toa certain point, as from the zoclerks to the cashier, and vice versa.

The improvement consists in the novel features and peculiar constructionand combination of the parts which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side view, parts being broken away, of one end of astore-service track line-wire, showing the application of and embodyingour invention; Fig. 2, a front view; 3 Fig. 3, a top plan view of thesame, showing the application of a modified form of rewinding-spring bydotted lines; Fig. 4, a bottom plan view of the catch; Fig. 5, a detailview of the swivel-pulley; Fig. 6, a detail view of the adjustable stop;Fig. 7, a modification of the spool and rewinding-spring; Fig. 8, afurther modification of the spool and rewindingspring; Fig. 9, a bottomplan view of the supporting-rods for the money-box; Fig. 10, a 4 detailview of the wheel for the track linewire. Fig. 11 is a horizontalsection of the support on phe line .2 z of Fig. 1; Fig. 12, a side viewof the carrier on an enlarged scale. Fig. 13 is a detail section on theline 3 3 of 5 Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, one end of a track line-wire is shown onlyand the appliances necessary to the efficiency of the invention.However, it will be understood that each end of the track line-wire orintermediate stations will be provided with appliances similar to thoseshown; hence a description of one set of devices or appliances willsuffice for a complete understanding of the construction and theoperation of the invention.

To illustrate the application of the invention, a carrier of ordinaryconstruction is shown, composed of the car or truck A and the 1noney-boxB. The lugs a, depending from the truck, support the ends of theoppositely-curved bars a, which sustain the money-box. The exteriorshoulder 12 at the end of the money-box rests upon the bars a andsupport the said money-box. This shoulder is cut away on itsdiametrically-opposite sides to permit the insertion of the moneyboxbetween the bars a, the boX being supported by giving it one-quarter ofa turn after it is inserted between the bars, which brings the shoulder19 over the bars a". The plate Z2, secured to the truck, forms a coverfor the money-box.

The sliding catch-block is mounted on the track line-wire O, and iscomposed of the block D and the two levers E, pivotally connected withthe block between their ends by the pivot d. The front ends of thelevers E have hooks e, which form catches to engage with the carrier,and the bumper e, placed between the front ends of the levers, takes upthe force of the blow when the truck strikes the catch. The rear ends 6of the levers E are held together by a yielding or elastic connection awhich is adjustable to adapt it to the momentum of the carrier. If themoment um of the carrier be not great, the yielding connection 6 must beadjusted to permit the jaws or hooks e of the levers E to open readilyto receive the carrier; but if the momentum be very great the connection6 should be adjusted to cause the said jaws of the levers E to open lessreadily and to close quickly to prevent any rebounding of the carrierdisengaging it from the said catch. For convenience we have shown thesimplest form 9 5 of connection, which consists of an elastic bandslipped on the rear ends of the lovers and adjustable on the same to andfrom their pivotal connection. The catch-block-operating cord Gisconnected with the sliding oatchblock D, and passes through an openingin the support or standard H and over a swiveled pulley I. -The pulleyIis connected with the support bya swivel-joint, so it will adapt itselfto the direction of the strain on the cord G when the said cord isoperated. The catch-block is returned to its normal position on thetrack line-wire by any suitable means, as the elastic cord J, which isconnected at one end with the post (1 on the block D and at its otherend with the elastic or other cord L, which will be farther on morefully explained.

The track line-wire 0 passes once around a wheel or drum 2' in thesupport II, and the thumb-screwt,passing through the said support H,bears on the side of the wheel or drum 1' when screwed home and holdsthe said wheel or drum against rotation.

The stop K is slotted at its upper end, and in this slot is pivoted thecam-lever 716. The

track line-wire is held between the closed endof the slot and thecam-lever. By turning the lever up the stop can be adjusted on the trackline-wire, and is made fast by turning the said lever down. Extendingfrom the depending arm or hanger on each side of the track are two arms.Revolving spools N are mounted on these arms, to which are secured theends of the propelling-sling M. In propelling devices of the characterto which this invention pertains it is desired that the propelling cordor sling shall be held taut in the path of the carrier, so that it willcertainly be en gaged thereby. I/Vh en the propellin g-sprin g is slack,it sags down and the incoming carrier does not always engage it.Consequently the sling is not in a position to give the carrier itsstarting impulse.

In order to take up the slack of the propelling-sling and to hold ittaut to be always in the path of the incoming carrier, the spools, towhich the ends of the sling are secured, are made spring-winding, so asto wind up the slack after the carrier has been given its impulse. Thespring-winding spools always hold the sling under tension, and the forceof the spring which winds the spools tends to augment the force of thesling, as hereinafter set forth. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 this windingspringconsists of an elastic strip, rope, or cord L, which is connected at itsends to auxiliary spools N, fastened to or forming an extension of thespools N. The ends of the elastic band or cord L are wound on the saidauxiliary spools N in a reverse direction to the ends of thepropelling-sling M, so that as the sling M unwinds the elastic cord Lwill be wound up, and when the sling is liberated the elastic cord Lcontracting will rotate the spools N N and rewind the sling. Obviouslythe same result would be obtained if the ends of the elastic cord werecarried back and fastened to the support II, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 3.

The construction shown by full lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3-21 6., havingthe elastic cord extendingbetween the spools N N-is preferable, becauseit serves also to return the catch D E to its normal position, the saidcatch being connected therewith by the cord J. In Fig. 7 and by. dottedlines in Fig. 3 the spool N is shown provided with an oblique arm 0,which is provided with a series of notches 0. The yielding connection 0'is adj ustably connected with the said oblique arm 0 to vary itstension, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 8 the winding-springs for taking up the slack in thepropelling-sling is a coilspring P, which, for compactness, is arrangedwithin the spool, one end of the spring being connected with the spoolsupport or spindle.

It may be stated that the propelling-sling M may be of inelasticmaterial, and it will operate to propel the carrier through theresiliency of the winding-springs L, O, or P, which in their reactiontake up the slack in the said sling so quickly as to give an impetus tothe carrier on the track line -wire. However, for practical purposes,the sling M will be elastic, and its action will be supplemented by thewinding-springs L, O, or P. In some instances it has been deemedadvisable to interpose a stop between the spools N and their support.For this purpose a portion of the periphery of the flange Q of thesupport for the spools is cut away to form a shoulder q, against whichthe stop q, depending from the spool, impinges.

The operation of the device is as follows: The carrier as it approachesa station or a terminal of the track line-wire is engaged by the catchand has a portion projecting within the path of the propelling-sling. Bydrawing down on the operating=cord the catch is drawn back, carryingwith it the carrier. The latter,

engaging with the propelling-sling, distends it and unwinds it from thespools, at the same time winding or expanding the elastic band or cordon the spool N, that is connected with them. A continued pull on thecord G will bring the catch in engagement with the stop K, which willeffect a disengagement of the carrier therefrom. The carrier being freewill be propelled by the reaction of the sling M and the saidwinding-spring.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combi nation, with thepropelling'sling, of the spools winding-spring connected with the spoolsfor taking up slack and re-enforcing the elastic propelling-sling,substantially as described.

at. The combination of the support, the propelling-sling, the spools towhich the sling is connected, the slack Winding spring, the catch, andthe elastic cord connecting; the winding-spring and catch for returningthe carrier to its normal position, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the suppont, the pro pelling-sling, the spools towhich the sling is connected, the slack Winding-spring, and theauxiliary spools to which the ends of the slack winding-spring areattached, substantially asand for the purpose described.

6. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the catch composed of two leverspivotally connected together, and a yielding connection adjustable onthe levers to and from their pivotal conconnection, whereby the saidlevers are held 20 together under variable tension, substantially as setforth.

7. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination with the block D, of thetwo levers E E, pivoted between their ends to the block, the yieldingconnection adjustable on the rear ends of the levers, and thebumperplaced between the front ends of the said levers, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures 30 in presence of twoWitnesses.

ALBERT vVAGrGrONER.

HARRY C. WVAGGONER. LEIGH .HOLMES ELLIOTT.

lVitnesses:

S. W. SIMS, OsoAR S. LEAR.

